The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-01
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CLEVELAND vs.. SHERMAN.
rf.. Leaders q t!:e Opposing Force in the feN
Presidential! Fight.

rf.;. LEADERS q The Gppo,in. Eorces in the HeNt
pre,iatntia! Fight
Ex-Governor Curtin, Of PENNSYLVANIA,
las been talking politics little. Here IS
What he said:
i viii tell YOU what viii bc the ticket
neNi year. President Cleveland Will head
Tie Democratic and Senator Sherman the
Republican. All this Blaine talk Of the
PENNSYLVANIA leaders makes me smile
Wait until they get 10 the convention and
you will find out. They Will take no
chances. Unless some very EXCEPTIONS!
condition OF affairs arises they will no; be
?i:lciy. to take a candidate handicapped rs
3.a;:i2 is with defeat in two nominating
conventions and once before the country.
which shows that there is no harmony III
tie general sentiment of the party. no mat
...r .vhat may be the enthusiasm Of lis per
s3r:I followers Ii the Republicans should
commit the folly OF putting him on the
tiakc: again It will not be the Old fight. but
:, ya.v new ouc. There's where BlaincS
friends are blind 70 the natural tendency Of
rl bic sentiment.
In the campaign OF 1881 the Democratic
party was heavily handicapped ay two very
;rip1rtaut influences: Tie first was the fear
OF the n,ii. :; rial and other material Interests
OF tie probable policy Of the party On the
great financial and economic questions: the
otlef vas the uncertainty OF TIE ability OF
Nj Cleveland, Notwithstanding the hlSh
character of his previous hrlef pubic
record to carry out the pledges which he
had made in the interest of reform and
good government Those fears will not
weigh il tie balance in favor OF SIr. Blaine
another time. The President has gained
The contiGeuce of the whole people for con-
scrr&tiSm AID regard for the public interest
above party or personal conscientious
Win hun =. The head Of the ;icke; no ex-
| plantations are required. lie has simply TO
| poia. 10 ihc record. Therefore the two
candidates would stand upon their merits.
Thea the fear Of hig handed partiSanship
would bc the ether way. 4 great many
bus:acSs men will recognize the prudence
of ,;Ir. Cleveland and will not be in great
hurry to make Il change. The strength OF
Sherman would be in his conceded conSec-
vatism and his soundncss on all the great
| Issues.
The Governor added: Since Congress
adjourned have talked with great many
people in and out Of public lie in New
YORK. Philadelphia, Washington and else
where. and have come to the conclusion
that there is great deal of quiet thinking
going on among the Republicans in regard
10 tie choice of a man to beat Mr.. Clevc
land. They know they have Il big job on
their hands and don't intend to make any
mistakes if they can prevent IL
Governor Curtin is also taking deep IL.
terest in tie new birth OF industrial pro-
srcss in the South. He said: In the
very face Of the revival Of industrial actir
ity North and South, we are confronted by
large importationS OF iron, which will glut
the market and interfere with the demand
for cur home product. The Sothcrn pro-.
due; IS now becoming competitor with
tic proiuc: OF the North il our home mar
kct, which is for the good OF our iron peo-
pie. 10 matter how il goes, but this foreign
product benefits 70 one. The labor and
the profits all belong TO foreign countries.
Tie Southern people must bc":n TO see
that i they want q market for their pro
ducts il must bc i home market and their
competition should he confined to nome
products and not Imported. They should
have presented painfully before them the
industrial history OF Pennsylvania. That
viii %ye them practical! lessons in The ben
etitS o. ID industrial policy winch viii Sc
cure 70 them a market winch will be more
certain and immediate in It's substantial II.
suits t:!an any chimerical ideas Of spc@uia-
tive markets. which exist solely in the
soDd;>'ic,,l iniercnces OF pro-DritiSh econ
onlic doctrines. or free trade